The moonlight is bright and clean, and the river is long.

The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the water flow of the Han River is extremely turbulent, and there are 24 dangerous shoals in the Golden Gorge alone. If there is no experienced helmsman, the ship will be destroyed. If you swim against the current, you will need to hire a slender man.

The river flows into Xixiang County, merges with the tributaries and goes north, and the water speed immediately slows down.

Shangbai Village is located at the slowest part of the river, and small boats come quickly by moonlight.

The ship is similar to the "three tiles" of the Han River in later generations, with a length of five or six meters and a width of about two meters, which is the main warship of the bandits of Heifengzhai.

There are also small fishing boats, two or three meters long and about one meter wide.

The five White Ford brothers were broken up and incorporated into five squads.

Because they were all from Shangbai Village and were familiar with the terrain here, they all called in to serve as guides.

The action was specially chosen on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, of course, for this round of the big moon.

The moon is white, the visibility is high, and boats can be sailed at night.

The main force of the bandits was only 26 people, but the minions of the half-thieves and half-farmers dispatched 71 people. It's not that I don't want to bring more, but there are not enough ships, after all, I have to grab things back, and there must be enough space on the ship to load goods.

In ancient times, night blindness was not so common.

Rice, mung beans, pears, and apricots are rich in vitamin A, not to mention, they can't afford to eat them as low-level thieves. But eggplant, cucumber, and weed, which also have vitamin A. No matter how bad it is, wild vegetables such as purslane and camellia can also effectively prevent night blindness.

"Ahead is Shangbai Village!" White Ford held out his hand.

"Prepare to land!"

The small boats where the five brothers were located soon docked on the shore, and the thief ships behind followed one after another.

The bandits carried several clay pots and placed them separately on the riverbank.

The clay pot has a perforated lid, the lid is opened, some straw and wood chips are thrown in, and the half-extinguished charcoal turns bright red with a pu fan, and the straw and wood chips are quickly ignited.

Torches stretched out, and in the blink of an eye, a large area was ignited.

The torches were very simple to make, such as mugwort and reeds, and then wrapped tightly around wooden sticks with equally dried vines, and wrapped in a layer of oil-soaked linen.

The main force of the bandits, each with a torch.

Bandits, two torches each. Their task was not to fight, but to shout and cheer to strengthen their momentum, and they also carried bamboo baskets on their backs to carry goods. If they really start fighting, they will be more fierce than ordinary peasants.

"Big brother, is this to grab Bai Village?" One of the leaders exclaimed.

Although Yang Jun is forgetful and indecisive, he is extremely professional in robbing when he goes down the mountain. Every time I do something, I only tell a few henchmen, and the others follow, and I don't know what to grab in advance.

Yang Jun scolded in a low voice: "What are you afraid of? I have opened up the official government, and I want to attack the old white man from the county! ”

Then he assigned the task: "Third child, you take someone to the threshing floor and light the wheat stalks piled up over there." Fourth, you take people to burn a few houses, and pick a thatched house to burn, and it will burn faster. I took the rest of the people and all went to besiege the Bai family's mansion. After setting the fire, you brought people over and ransacked the Bai family with me. All shout, the louder the better! ”

More than 160 torches were lit by the river, but the villagers were unaware.

Everyone was tired from doing farm work during the day, and they were all asleep at the moment. And the private armed forces outside the old white officers, although they have to patrol day and night, are actually resting at night.

"Kill!"

97 bandits shouted in unison, instantly breaking the silence of the night. Their numbers are too small to make a noise, or they risk being besieged by the villagers.

Many villagers were awakened by the shouting, and through the cracks in the doors or windows, they saw that there were torches "everywhere" outside, and immediately shouted in fright: "Run, the thieves are coming!" ”

The villagers who were close didn't care about anything, so they helped the old man, picked up the child, and ran to the mountain in a daze.

The villagers who are farther away are still thinking about their belongings. Some are holding iron money, some are holding chickens and ducks, and some are even leading ploughing cattle, and they are also fleeing to the direction of Chashan.

In the threshing floor, there was straw of wheat that had been threshed, which was quickly ignited by the bandits.

Several villagers' thatched huts were also lit by torches.

With the fire dragon-like torch team, it seems that thousands of bandits are coming, how can the villagers still have the courage to resist?

"What's the situation?"

Zhu Ming sat up on the bed abruptly and took out the sword under the pillow. He didn't bother to put on his shoes and clothes, and went out barefoot to check.

Zhu Guoxiang also followed, and exclaimed: "There is a night attack by bandits!" ”

"I'll lead the horse, you take the child and leave, the family's money is gone," Zhu Ming said, "Run towards the side of Chashan, go to Zhang Guangdao and Bai Sheng!" ”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were hurriedly dressing, Zhu Guoxiang pushed the door and broke in, picked up Bai Qi and said, "There are thieves entering the village, flee to the mountains." ”

Mrs. Yan still wanted to take the box where the money was stored, but Zhu Guoxiang urged: "Don't bring money, it's too heavy, human life is more important than money!" ”

Seeing that Mrs. Yan was still hesitating, Zhu Guoxiang kicked the box over, and the iron money inside was scattered all over the ground.

Mrs. Yan is still reluctant, it is all the money for her grandson's study. But she also knew what was wrong, so she only bent down to pick up a hanging, and followed Zhu Guoxiang out of the house in a hurry.

Some villagers have fled here, and when they pass by the courtyard, they shout while running: "Grandma Yan is running away, the thieves are coming!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang's family, caught among the villagers, ran up the mountain in a panic.

Zhu Ming led the horse to deliberately walk at the back, and when he came to a slightly higher place, he turned around to observe the situation below.

I saw a few fires burning in several places, which should have been deliberately set on fire by thieves. Immediately, all the torches rushed towards the Bai family's mansion, and the real robbery target was clear at a glance.

"Stop, there aren't many thieves!"

"Most of the torches are very close together, and the distance is always the same, it should be one person who has hit two torches!"

"Pick up the sticks and kill them with me!"

Zhu Ming opened his throat and shouted, but the villagers were already frightened and fled to the mountain in a hurry.

This is the first time in his life, Zhu Ming has personally experienced what it means to "break away".

Obviously, as long as they work together to fight back, the villagers have a good chance of winning. But the force couldn't be combined, and the escape couldn't be stopped at all, and in desperation, Zhu Ming could only flee with him.

"Dangdang, dang!"

In the Bai family's mansion, a gong was being banged frantically.

Some of the Bai clan relatives who lived in tiled houses fled to the mountains in a hurry, and some ran towards the Bai family's mansion.

Bai Chongwen, the eldest man of the Bai family, showed his ability at a critical time. He came out with a stick in his hand, ignoring the panicked servants and his family, and went straight to the courtyard of the guards.

"Yuan Da, Gu San, are you there?" Bai Chongwen shouted.

"Yes, yes!"

Two people immediately responded.

Yuan Da was the leader of the family in the nursing home, but Gu San came down from the tea mountain.

They also made a mess, but the appearance of Bai Chongwen stabilized people's hearts a little.

Six family members and twenty tea households on the mountain quickly took up arms and gathered around Bai Chongwen.

Bai Chongwen ordered: "Gu San, your people are divided into two teams and go to close the two side doors. Yuan Da, you take someone to guard the main gate. The door must be blocked, no one is allowed to come in, even if it is my relatives, they are not allowed to come in again, and whoever disobeys will be killed! ”

These nurses and tea households are not off-duty armies.

They also have to work on a regular basis, but because they are stronger, they can get more wages when they gather to train during the slack season. The actual force value is stronger than that of the bandits, and it will definitely not be able to defeat the main force of the more than 20 bandits.

Gu San has just turned seventeen years old this year, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child with his father, he is really good at guns and sticks, and he usually lives in the tea garden.

The guy led the man to a side gate and yelled, "Close the door!" ”

The door was only half closed, and he was grabbed by two hands, and someone outside the door shouted: "I am Bai Dalang's uncle, let me in!" ”

Gu San ignored it, smashed it out with a stick, and opened the hand that pulled the door.

The bandits have already killed here, and seeing the courtyard door closed, they can only take Bai Dalang's uncle to steam their anger, and stab him with a shuttle dart.

Inner Courtyard.

The old white man was carried out by the housekeeper and shouted hoarsely: "Don't panic, don't run, come here!" ”

The servants and their families were so frightened that they did not dare to escape from the mansion or stay in the courtyard, and ran away screaming like headless flies.

As for the old lady Bai, holding a string of prayer beads, she knelt in front of the Buddha shrine and chanted in a low voice, asking the Bodhisattva to bless the Bai family with safety.

San Langjun Bai Chongyan took his wife and children out of the house in a panic, carrying a stool as a weapon, and shivering beside his father. He was extremely scared in his heart, but he could still suppress his fear, but his brain was not very obedient and he had temporarily lost the ability to think.

Li Hanzhang was neatly dressed, carrying a scribe's sword in his hand, and he was accompanied by a servant with a stick.

Grabbing Bai Chongyan's clothes, Li Hanzhang scolded: "What are you doing in a daze? Gather your servants, both men and women, to defend the house. The woman moved things to block the door, and the man guarded the wall with sticks. Come on, come on! ”

"Oooh...... Ok, good, good! ”

Li Hanzhang's composure gave Bai Chongyan a backbone, and took the servants to gather those guys who were running around.

The old white officer also shouted at the right time: "Don't mess around, keep watch for a few more quarters of an hour, and the strong men of Chashan will come down to help kill the thief!" ”

Li Hanzhang saw that there was a mess here, and the old white man was inconvenient to move, so he simply picked up his sword to find Bai Chongwen.

"Bai Dalang, the house is too big, and there are too few people who can fight," Li Hanzhang suggested, "abandon the outer courtyard and gather all the people to the inner courtyard." ”

There were already bandits building ladders to attack the wall, Bai Chongwen didn't think about it, and immediately agreed: "Okay!" ”

After Bai Chongwen gave the order, Li Hanzhang asked again: "Where is the shortest courtyard wall?" ”

Bai Chongwen said: "The north wall of the inner courtyard. ”

Li Hanzhang turned around and left, and when he returned to the inner courtyard, Bai Chongyan had already gathered more than ten people, both men and women, all of whom looked frightened.

Li Hanzhang said: "Pick up the things that can hit people, and follow me all!" ”

Outside the north wall of the inner courtyard.

A group of bandits led by Yang Jun himself were quietly bypassing. He actually knew how to feint, and the rest of the place was bluffing, intending to strike a fatal blow on the north wall.

Bai Fude, who was in charge of acting as a guide, turned his head from time to time to look into the distance.

He wanted to snatch Shen Yourong back to the cottage, but the bandits wanted to attack the Bai family's mansion with all their might. It's too late to rob people now, and the pretty widow he thought about for a long time has probably fled into the mountains.

Alas, it's a pity.

"Take the ladder!"

Yang Jun gave an order, and Bai Fu and another minion immediately carried the ladder and rushed to the courtyard wall.

Soon, there were more than a dozen sets of short ladders, which were built on the fence one after another.

(Iron, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass for next month, this book is confirmed to be on the shelves on March 10.) ）